Chapter 432

Ten minutes later.

Luosen completed the teleportation and found himself standing in an underground Temple of an antiquated, heavy style.

Around the Temple, two rows of tall, sturdy epic pillars stood neatly, with a strange gray-black bonfire burning among them.

Three people stood beside the bonfire.

A black-haired, black-eyed, snow-skinned woman in a black robe, namely the Annihilation Goddess Feiliqisi.

The other two were one man and one woman.

The man had white hair, coarse features, a stern expression, wore a white robe, and held a white jade staff taller than two people, bearing some resemblance to the white-robed mage Saruman.

The woman appeared to be in her early thirties, with a charming face, a curvaceous figure, deep pink long hair, watery-pink eyes, wearing a semi-transparent pink-purple gauze dress that was revealing yet modest, through which black fishnet-patterned suspender stockings could be faintly seen.

The man was unfamiliar to him, but the woman Luosen recognized at once: she was the mortal incarnation of The Joyful One Taralanaya.

Of course, this white-robed mage was also the mortal incarnation of some deity.

At that moment, all three stared at Luosen, each with a different expression.

The Annihilation Goddess's face was as cold as ice, seeming to wish she could chop Luosen into minced meat.

The white-robed mage wore a scrutinizing look, his gray-blue eyes deep and inscrutable, giving no hint of his thoughts.

Taralanaya wore her usual charming mask, but a hint of dissatisfaction could be sensed in the depths of her watery-pink eyes.

Luosen quickly realized that Taralanaya had probably noticed his little movements with Liv.

But she was evidently a patient deity and did not lash out.

Had it been before his secluded cultivation, being surrounded by three Divine Avatars would have made Luosen feel extremely guilty, and he would have tried every means to flee immediately.

But after his secluded cultivation, Laifu's limit of manipulating source substance had increased from the previous 12 lines to 36 lines.

He had also accumulated a vast amount of source substance; even while maintaining eighty layers of 0.99-ring intensity of the enhanced King's Barrier, the remaining source substance was still enough for him to unleash over a thousand source substance spells.

If a conflict truly broke out, he could at least escape, and while fleeing he could kill one or two mortal incarnations.

While he observed his opponents, the three true gods were of course also observing Luosen.

The Annihilation Goddess's perceptiveness was the strongest; after a few glances, although her face remained icy, a hint of complex emotion showed in her black eyes.

"No wonder you dare to come see me."

She instantly saw Luosen's tremendous progress, and what was even more astonishing was that she could not figure out how he had achieved it.

Luosen gave a slight smile: "Since you dared to come, I naturally made thorough preparations."

He then turned his head to the white-robed mage: "I am Luosen; it is an honor to meet you."

The white-robed mage had a pair of long white eyebrows, which he now raised slightly: "I am Jialite, the Shadow God Jialite."

Luosen blinked slightly, then took another look at the white-robed mage: "Excuse my boldness, but does the Shadow God wear white robes?"

The white-robed mage gave a faint smile: "White robes signify light, and shadow comes from light."

Having said that, without waiting for Luosen's reply, he continued: "Since you are the enemy of the Great Annihilator, you are naturally my enemy as well."

As he spoke, he slowly stepped back, his white robe gradually darkening; the underground Temple, built relying on the cavern, had craggy, jagged rocks scattered around, and the leaping bonfire cast countless shifting shadows.

Soon enough, the Shadow God dissolved into the surroundings like salt in water, disappearing within the underground Temple.

Luosen knew it was still nearby, but no matter how he sensed, he could not locate its true form.

"'Indeed, every true god has its own trump card, and this Shadow God's divine fire level is clearly higher than mine, probably above 1.3 rings.'"

In the realm of gods, he remained a novice, with a very long road ahead.

At that moment, a voice without source echoed in the cavern: "Sun War God Luosen, because of the oath, the Great Annihilator cannot act against you, but I and The Joyful One are not bound by that oath."

Hearing this, Luosen turned his gaze to Taralanaya.

"Then, do you plan to besiege me together with Jialite, The Joyful One?"

Taralanaya nodded: "You have insulted my master deity; I naturally must defend her dignity."

Luosen, however, did not want to fight.

It wasn't that he couldn't win, but that fighting would waste too much source substance; yet given the circumstances, he could not avoid a battle.

Otherwise, he would hardly have the right to speak.

But he still wanted to try to salvage the situation as best he could.

Thus he said to Feiliqisi: "Great Annihilation Goddess Feiliqisi, I have recently grasped some very wondrous power."

"Why don't I give a demonstration? If you think your two followers can defeat me, then let's fight; if not, then let's cease hostilities—how does that sound?"

Feiliqisi remained silent for a second, then nodded: "All right."

Luosen then focused his mind, secretly applying to himself a Time Torrent spell with a multiplier of 20,000, pushing his reaction speed to the limit; simultaneously he raised the alert level of the Heart of the War God to its maximum, readying all 36 source substance combat lines in preparation for any eventuality.

Next, he stirred a thread of source substance and shouted loudly: "I say, let there be light to dispel all shadows."

He called this Word Follows Law, its principle derived from the Truth-Speaking Gem.

"'Hum~~~'"

In the underground cavern, boundless, omnipresent light suddenly appeared, illuminating the entire cavern as if it were daytime, and indeed no trace of shadow remained.

Jialite, who had just hidden himself in the shadows, was forcibly exposed by the light.

His long eyebrows twitched, and he said somewhat resentfully: "As a god of this world, the source substance is truly abundant."

He had concealed himself using ordinary divine power to drive shadow magic, but the opponent immediately employed source substance magic upon arrival.

Even if his divine fire level exceeded the opponent's by quite a margin, he could not compensate for the overwhelming superiority in power quality. Luosen then turned his gaze to The Joyful One Taralanaya and employed Word Follows Law once again.

"I say, let there appear an utterly beautiful woman who enchants all beings."

A flash of light, and a living woman materialized out of thin air in the underground Temple.

Of course, she was merely a powerless mortal woman.

Yet this woman indeed possessed astonishing charm.

As soon as she appeared, she instantly drew everyone's gaze, including that of the Annihilation Goddess and The Joyful One.

Shadow God Jialite stared intently at the woman's light and shadow, unblinking for a full ten seconds before suddenly startling awake.

He shook his head vigorously, his face full of shock: "What an amazing source essence charm technique!"

In terms of appearance, this woman is naturally very beautiful, but a woman's beauty is a subjective matter.

Because everyone's aesthetic differs, each person has their own idea of the most beautiful woman in their heart.

However, the mortal woman condensed from the Truth-Speaking Gem was endowed with an extremely strong charm technique, causing everyone who saw her to instinctively feel she was the most beautiful girl in the world and become deeply enamored.

Even the Joyful One was affected, feeling ashamed of her appearance.

Once she came to, she immediately realized that her charm technique would have a negligible effect on Luosen.

Luosen smiled as he looked at the Oblivion Goddess: "Great Feili Qisi, what do you think of these two techniques of mine?"

While speaking, he felt a bit guilty inside, because as the saying goes, 'one's own family knows its own affairs'.

"Word Follows Law" is wonderful, but it cannot break the divine fire level limit, requires extremely long casting time, and the more exquisite the effect, the longer the casting time, making it unsuitable for battle.

So this technique is just for bluffing; if the bluff works, great; if not, he can only run away.

Feili Qisi was hardly affected by the technique, but she couldn't help acknowledging the wonder of Luosen's technique.

Of course, it's just wonderful; the technique itself isn't particularly strong; what's truly strong is Luosen.

She could see clearly that this guy's soul contains a large amount of source essence; if they really fought, her two follower gods would have almost no chance of victory.

So she couldn't get revenge this time.

But she really couldn't stand his smug look, and couldn't help but snap a remark.

"Once you establish your divine kingdom, you'll need source essence in many places. You're squandering it so recklessly now; when you truly need it, you won't have any left—how interesting."

Luosen gave a slight smile: "Thank you for your concern, Great One; I'll pay attention."

He then turned his head to the two gods' mortal incarnations: "So, do you still want to fight?"

Feili Qisi was angry and didn't answer directly: "You said you had important matters to discuss with me, so spit it out quickly and then get lost!"

Luosen hehe laughed: "Great One, how could I fart in your presence? That would be terribly rude."

"But speaking of that, compared to farting, I'd rather piss on you, hehe."

The latter half wasn't spoken aloud in front of everyone, but was whispered secretly via soul communication.

Feili Qisi's face twitched slightly, barely able to contain her inner anger, and she replied via soul communication: "Do you want to die?!"

Luosen, seeing he had gone far enough, straightened his face: "Great One, the matter is very important; I want to talk with you alone."

Feili Qisi waved her hand firmly: "I completely trust my followers; if there's anything to say, let's say it face to face."

Luosen still insisted: "But I don't trust."

"I only want to speak with you. If you disagree, then I can only leave."

Such private matters are naturally better known by as few people as possible.

Feili Qisi frowned, but eventually stepped back and turned to the two follower gods: "You go prepare first."

This remark made Luosen twitch slightly: "Prepare? Prepare for what? Could the Oblivion Goddess have some other plan?"

Obviously, the other side would never tell him; asking would be pointless, so he pretended not to know.

The two follower gods' incarnations turned and left, but Luosen shouted again: "Wait."

The Oblivion Goddess frowned upon hearing it: "What else do you want?"

Luosen pointed to the stunning woman he had just created and said to the Shadow God: "You seemed to like her just now, so I'll give her to you as a gift."

The Shadow God felt somewhat moved, for he indeed liked her and wanted to play with her thoroughly.

Thus he turned his head to look at the Oblivion Goddess.

It's merely a mortal woman created by a spell; although it has a source essence boost, that effect isn't eternal and will fade after a while.

The Oblivion Goddess couldn't be bothered with this trifle: "Jialite, take it if you want."

Jialite was quite pleased, finding Luosen more to his liking: "Then thank you."

He took the woman and left.

After seeing the two follower gods off, Luosen again consumed source essence to cast a concealment technique, "Veiled Radiance".

The Oblivion Goddess frowned upon seeing it: "Does not using source essence make you feel terrible?"

Luosen hehe laughed: "Great One, you and I are destined enemies; the more source essence I use, the more advantageous it is for you, right? Or have you already fallen for me and can't bear to defeat me?"

Feili Qisi's mood had completely calmed, and she said lightly: "I just can't stand your wasteful behavior."

Luosen stopped wasting words and went straight to the point: "Great One, I want to know how you discovered this world."

(End of chapter)